Identity vs equality (was Re: [Newbies] Assignment)

Göran Krampe goran at krampe.se
Fri Aug 10 14:05:21 UTC 2007


Hi!

> For sure, #== has been used with Symbols which can compare really fast
> instead of enumerating characters...
>
> But since in modern Squeak 'Hello' = #'Hello', i'am not sure that old
> style optimizations #== don't introduce bugs now...
>
> Nicolas

Hmmm, odd:

'Hello' = #'Hello' -> true

#'Hello' = 'Hello' -> false

...that seems to indicate something is a bit wrong. ;)

regards, Göran




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